Julia Kirkpatrick

Julia (@jkirkhudson) leads Pinterest’s Brand Research team, tasked with driving both internal strategy for Pinterest’s own marketing initiatives as well as uncovering insights to fuel our thought leadership in the industry. With over 4 years at Pinterest, Julia has deep expertise across all three of Pinterest’s key audiences — Pinners, creators, and advertisers -- with experience across both Product and Marketing. Julia brings with her more than a decade of market research experience across a diverse background, with years spent at Nielsen, Say Media, ModCloth and HotelTonight. Julia lives in San Francisco with her toddler daughter, teenage stepkids and husband. She’s currently saving independent toddler activities and self care inspiration -- can anyone else relate?